Category Archives: Art, Theatre & Comedy

Japanese dance troupe have talent – the Wrecking Crew is Tron meets Daft Punk.

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(Watch Wrecking Crew at the bottom of the page) Remember the 2009 dance troupe on Britain’s Got Talent – no you probably don’t, but they were called Diversity and they were pretty darn good. But this Japanese incarnation going by the name … Continue reading

The Devil Inside – film review by Charlotte Barnes.

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As a self-confessed horror-film fan, I was a little apprehensive to be buying tickets for yet another Hollywood-made exorcism-themed film. The deciding factor was the glowing review delivered from the girl behind the counter of Vue, who assured me The … Continue reading

Frank Skinner & Friends at the Noel Coward theatre – review by Oliver Heard.

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  Frank Skinner & Friends, a reprisal of his Comedy Crunch, sees the amiable stand-up compering a week of comedy talent in London’s West End, with different acts each night. At sixteen pounds a show, it’s good value, if you … Continue reading

The Indie Pedant comic strip – check out the 2012 IP Strip at the bottom of each page.

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The 2012 IP strip is now here, titled The Not so Hot Date and brought to you by Becky Shepherd (illustration) and Tom Conrad (words). We’ll be attempting to do one strip per month, so drop by from time to time and … Continue reading

The debt duvet – the artistic sensibilities of Rebecca Simmonds.

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A while ago I had an idea, which was to make something out of my debt letters, the ones that I’ve never thrown away, and then sell that thing for the amount of debt I’m in. I thought long and … Continue reading

Going Underground – IP Correspondent Extraordinaire visits our friends at The Underground Gallery.

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They say it’s good to have friends in high places don’t they? Well here at The IP we believe it’s good to have friends anywhere, regardless of their vertical stature. Even better, in fact, is if those friends are comfortably … Continue reading

“Death and the Maiden” at the Harold Pinter theatre – review by Oliver Heard.

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Ariel Dorfman’s ‘Death and the Maiden’, revived in this new production starring Thandie Newton, is a psychological pressure cooker of a play with political overtones. In an unnamed country in the transition from dictatorship to democracy, a middle-class couple, Paulina and … Continue reading

“One Man, Two Guvnors” at the Adelphi theatre, London, 2011.

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If you like James Corden, and eighteenth-century Italian farce, then you’ll love One Man, Two Guvnors. But most people don’t crave that combination, so it must be the ‘Gavin and Stacey’ star in the lead role as a buffoon, that’s … Continue reading

Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge theatre, London, November 2011 – review by Oliver Heard.

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The template for Matilda the Musical seems to be a combination of Oliver’s exuberance and the classroom rebellion of Grange Hill, although Roald Dahl’s view of school life was far nastier than Lionel Bart’s or Phil Redmond’s. Aussie comic Tim Minchin … Continue reading

‘Backbeat’ at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, October 2011 by Oliver Heard.

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The back-story of The Beatles’ rise from playing the clubs of Hamburg to becoming the biggest pop group in the world, is well documented.  The focus of this stage adaptation of Ian Softley’s1994 movie of the same name, is the … Continue reading